Manifolding



A. A. JOHNSON 'mxronnma Filed Jan. 19, 1951 2 Sheefls-Sheet 1 INVENTOR."

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A. A. JOHNSON mzronb m Filed 'Jan. 1 9 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet Patented Apr.19,40

UNITED STATES mmrommc Arthur A. Johnson, Bridgeport, Conn, assignor toAutographic Register Company, Hoboken, N. 1., a corporation of NewJersey Application January 19, 1931, Serial No. 509,639 7 '1 Claims.

This invention relates to manifolding, and more particularly, to a pileof continuous superposed record and transfer strips for use in atypewriting or other writing machine. Such a manifolding pile is usuallydivided into form lengths by transverse weakening lines along which thestrips of the pile are torn to produce superposed record and transfersheets.

Heretofore it was proposed by me to provide the lines of severance inthe record strips and transfer strips respectively so that when thestrips are severed along the weakening lines finger grip portions areproduced on the transfer sheets at one margin of the pile of sheetswhile the transfer strips have grip-escaping portions under anothermargin of the record sheets. Hence, the record sheets and transfersheets may be easily stripped from each other by gripping the transfersheets with the fingers of the one hand and the record sheets with thefingers of the other hand and drawing the hands apart.

An object of this invention is to provide the record and transfer stripsso that the lines of severance thereon may be in registry all the wayacross the pile and so may be separated along a straight edge knife orthe like, and yet provide for facilitating the separation of the recordstrips from the transfer strips.

This is accomplished in the form of the invention herein disclosed byproviding in the form or sheet lengths of one or both of the groups ofstrips, that is the record strips or the 'carbon strips, or both therecord and carbon strips, supplemental lines of weakness underlying agrip portion on the other of the two groups of strips and adapted toseparate from the movement of the body of theform or sheet lengths whenforce is exerted to strip the record sheets from the'transfer sheets.

According to the present invention, the record and transfer strips areheld in registrationby fastening means located within the boundaries ofthejdetachable section and when so located not only serves to hold thestrips together but also serves to hold the detachable portion orsegment of the transfer strip to the record strip or vice versafif thearrangement is reversed during the carbon stripping joperatinim. I a

Other features andadva'ntages will hereinafter .30 appear. h I

In theaccompanying'drawings which illustrate two species of my inventionFigure 1 is a perspective view of a manifolding pack in which both therecordstrips" and' the transfer strips are provided with sections whichbecome detached in the carbon stripping operation.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of a pile of record and transfer sheets showingthe form of the invention disclosed in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of a pile of strips from which the pile of sheetsshown in Fig. 2 is torn.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing the transfer sheets and recordsheets in the act of being stripped.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view similar to Fig. 1 of another specie of thisinvention wherein only the carbon strips are provided with sectionswhich become detached in the carbon stripping operation, the recordsheet accordingly beinga plain rectangular sheet.

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 2 of of the invention shown in Fig. 5.

Fig. '7 is a plan view of a pile of strips from which the pile of sheetsshown in Fig. 6 is severed.

Fig. 8 is a perspective view'showing the record sheets and transfersheets of the form of the invention shown in Figs. 5, 6 and 7 in the actofbeing stripped from each other.

Fig. 9 is a plan view of the pile of stripsshown in Figs. 1 to 4, butshows the staple located to hold the transfer strips together, and notthe record strips, after the final severance operation.

As shown in the accompanying drawings, the pile of manifolding stripsmay comprise record strips l0 and interleaved carbon strips II which arecontinuous in form and which are placed one above the other insuperposedrelation. For convenience in shipping and handling, this'pileof strips may be zig-zag folded to form a pad or block l2 as shown inFigs. 1 and 5; from which the leading end may be lifted and inserted ina typewriting machine or the like. The zig-zag folding of the pile ofstrips l0 and H is facilitated by transverse'wealreninglines i3 andthese further serve as linesoff severance along which the pile of stripsmay besev'ered'to produce sets of interleaved record sheets 10a andcarbon sheets Ha.

j Aftertheform hasbeenjiilled out or written upon and is severed fromthe'pile along' the lines of severance i3, itis usually desired toseparate the form the carbon sheets it from the record sheets ifldeither immediately or'at 'soinelater time.

In order to facilitate the separation or stripping of thetransfeifsheetsl Idjrom the record sheets Illa, 'I have previously'proposed-thatfthe lines of severance i {in the "strips" III and lirespectively beat suchvariance wi'tli eacir'other that tabs are formed onthe transfer sheets Na at one end while grip-escaping apertures areformed in the transfer sheets at the other end,

so that the carbon strips may have their tabs gripped together by thefingers of the one hand while the parts of the record sheets which arefree of underlying carbon strips are gripped with the fingers of theother hand, permitting the sheets to be stripped from each other by theact of moving the two hands apart.

According to my present invention, however, I have provided forfacilitating the stripping of the transfer sheets from the record sheetswithout the necessity of having the lines of severance I3 out ofregister, and in so doing I have made it possible to assist the severingoperation by means of a knife or straight edge l4 shown in dot-and-dashlines in Figs. 3 and 7. The use of a straight edge in many cases isextremely desirable and advantageous for when such use is feasible theperforations I3 need not be so deep as when the strips are to be torn bya pulling or snapping action. These snap perforations, as they arecalled, are perfectly satisfactory with some kinds of paper and undersome conditions .of printing and handling, but in other cases if theperforations are too wide or too cleanly cut, the strips are liable tobecome separated in the feeding operation and if not cut so deep or socleanly will not sufilciently weaken the strips to permit the writtenstrips to be snapped from the remainder of the strips.

Hence, according to the present invention, the lines of perforations I3extend all the way across the pile of strips and when the set of sheetsis severed from the strips as shown in Figs. 2 and 6, the leading edgeI3a and the back edge I3b are continuous, straight and perpendicular tothe lateral edges I5 of the sheets.

To facilitate the separation of the carbon sheets from the recordsheets, the present in-' vention provides on either the former or thelatter or both, sections or portions I6 and I I which are defined byweakening lines I8 preferably formed of perforations of the snap oreasily ruptured type. In the embodiment of the invention shown in Figs.1 to 4, the portions I6 are located in the record strips ID at the footend of each form while the portions II are located in the carbon stripsI I at the head of each form and the lines of perforations I8 definingthese por-' tions I6 and I1 intersect the transverse lines of severanceI3. The portions I6 and H in the record strips I and carbon strips IIrespectively are preferably opposite each other and of sufficient sizeor area so that after the set of sheets I M and I la are severed fromthe rest of the strips as shown in; Fig. 2, the record strips may begrasped by the fingers of the one hand directly over the portions I! onthe carbon sheets IIa while the portions I 6 and the interposed marginaledges of the carbon sheets II are gripped with the fingers of the otherhand. As shown in Fig. 4, when the strips are thus severally gripped anddrawn apart, the portions I6 and I1 break away from the bodies of thesheets to which they are normally attached and thus permit the carbonsheets I la to be stripped from between the record sheets Illa, theportions I6 of the record sheets coming away with the transfer sheetsIla while the portions ll of the transfer sheets remain with the recordsheets Illa.

To hold the strips in registration preparatory to and during theoperation of writing thereon, it has heretofore been proposed that thestrips be secured together by staples passing through in Fig. 9, thestaple is located in the portions I6 of the worksheet strips, it becomesseparated from the record sheets Illa during the act of stripping thecarbon sheets I Ia with the result that the record sheets becomeseparated for desired distribution to various places.

In the form of the invention shown in Figs. 1 to 4 and 9, the recordsheet becomes mutilated by the removal of the portion I6 therefromduring the carbon separating operation. This is avoided in the form ofthe invention shown in Figs. to 8 in which the carbon strips II areprovided with projecting lateral margins I 9 which may be gripped by thefingers of the one hand while the sheets IIa may be gripped at theportions overlying the detachable segments or portions IT in thetransfer sheets Ila, as indicated in Fig. 8, to separate the recordsheets Illa and transfer sheets I la.

The projecting margins I9 may be continuous as shown or may beotherwise, but when they are continuous it is advantageous to employthese as feeding bands to feed the pile of strips through the writingmachine or otherwise control the pile. Accordingly, as shown, thelateral margins III are provided with pinwheel engaging apertures forcooperation with pin-wheel feeding devices in a typewriting or likemachine.

Variations and modifications may be made within the scope of thisinvention and portions of the improvements may be used without others.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new and forwhich it is desired to obtain Letters Patent, is:

1. superposed record strips and a transfer strip between each twoadjacent record strips, all of said strips being divided by-straightweakening lines to form outer boundaries of registered rectangularsheets, each transfer sheet having a marginal portion divided from theremainder of the sheet by weakening lines and forming a separable fingergrip portion, and said transfer sheets having other marginal portionsextend-' ing beyond the adjacent edges of the record sheets by means ofwhich the carbon sheets may be gripped without gripping the recordsheets.

2. superposed record strips and a transfer strip between each twoadjacent record strips, all of said strips being divided by straightweakening and at least one transfer sheet bound in with portion andpositioned in overlappingsuperposed manifolding relation with saidrecord sheets, at

least one of said transfer sheet or sheets having weakening linesdefining the portion in which the set of sheets is bound, and the recordsheetsibeing non-weakened at corresponding parts thereof.

5. A unitary manifolding assembly including in combination a single setof record sheets having a portion in which said set is bound, and atleast one transfer sheet bound in with said portion and positioned inoverlapping superposed manifolding relation with said record sheets,some of said transfer sheets having weakening lines defining the portionin which the set of sheets is bound, and the record sheetsbeing'non-weakened at corresponding parts thereof.

6. superposed record strips and interposed carbon strips divided atintervals by registered weakening lines to form successive sets ofrecordand transfer sheets, said transfersheets each having a supplementaryweakening'line forming a marginal detachable portion, the sheets of aset being fastened toge her by securing means located within the bounaries of said marginal portion, and the record sheets each havingasupplementary weakening line forming a marginal detachable portionoflset with relation to the marginal detachable portions in the transfersheets.

7. superposed record strips and interposed carbon strips divided atintervals by registered!!! weakening lines to form successive sets ofrecord and transfer sheets, the record-sheets having a supplementaryweakening line forming a marglnal detachable portion, the sheets of aset being fastened together by securing means located with- 90 l in theboundaries of said detachable portion of the record sheets and thetransfer sheets each having a supplementary weakening line forming amarginal detachable portion oflset with relation to the marginaldetachable portions of the 26 record sheets.

ARTHUR A. JOHNSON.

